[ecrea] Call for Participation - Union for Democratic Communications 2010 Conference "Democratic Communications, Equal Rights & Global Justice"

Call for Participation

> Union for Democratic Communications 2010 Conference
>
> "Democratic Communications, Equal Rights & Global Justice"
>
>
> The global financial meltdown has exposed the threats and 
> opportunities that confront communications practitioners, scholars, 
> artists and activists. The investment strike by the ruling 
> capitalist class has exposed naked capitalism. It provides us with 
> an opportunity to critique and reject the inhumanity of this 
> economic structure as a threat to any opportunity of reaching our 
> full human potential. Radical explanations and interpretations of 
> the contradictions within this system are more imperative than ever. 
> However, as we explore the threats we also have a rich opportunity 
> to search for alternatives via the communications system. In what 
> ways can we move from critique to ACTivism. How do we break through 
> the Astroturf (TM)lobbying by the ruling capitalist class (not 
> so-called special interests) to empower rather than subdue the 
> global citizen? The critique of capitalism and exploration of 
> alternatives to it are complementary. How do we forge this connection?
>
> The Union for Democratic Communications invites media producers, 
> scholars, artists and activists to submit proposals exploring these 
> and other essential matters of media and democracy--past, present, 
> and future. The UDC is now in its third decade as an organization 
> dedicated to challenging existing paradigms, media silence, 
> distortions, and falsehoods of the existing undemocratic 
> communications system that shapes what we see, read, and hear.
>
> Please join us!
>
> The Union for Democratic Communications conference will be held in 
> State College, PA October 14-16, 2010. Proposals should include a 
> 250-500 word description of the work to be presented along with 
> contact information and affiliation. They may be sent either 
> electronically to  <(jlh26 /at/ psu.htm)>(jlh26 /at/ psu.edu) or by post to Jeanne 
> Lynn Hall, The Pennsylvania State University, College of 
> Communications, 127 Carnegie Building, University Park, PA 16802. 
> The deadline for proposals is April 1, 2010.
>
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>
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> The Union for Democratic Communications is a group of communications 
> researchers, theorists, educators, journalists, media producers, 
> policy analysts, and activists. The UDC is dedicated to the critical 
> study of communications establishments and its policies; the 
> production and distribution of democratically controlled media; the 
> fostering of alternative, oppositional, independent, and 
> experimental production; and the development of democratic 
> communications systems at local, regional, national and international levels.

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